Ganesh Iyer

I own a bike. The colour of the bike is blue. The name of the bike is "XXX". It is a brand new bike. Price of the bike is Rs.50,000. I go to office everyday by bike. On way to my office,I drop my brother in his office. On return I again pick him up. Can anyone convey the above messages using just one sentence?

Mr Singaravelu, if the English language made any sense, then the word 'lackadaisical' would have something to do with a shortage of flowers. Smiles apart, I have just jumbled up the messages to appear in a single sentence hope this helps I own a brand new 50000 Rs blue XXX bike which I use to go to my office however while going I drop my brother in his office and pick him on my return On my way to office , on my brand new bike (INR 50k,XXX), I drop my brother at his office and pick him up while returning. When I travel to my office on my brand new 50000 Rs blue XXX bike, I drop him at his office and pick him up while I return. I drop off and pick up my brother from his office daily while I communte to my office on my brand new 50000 Rs blue XXX bike. Every time you have a question for us, now I have a question for you if you can answer ? Its still a mystery for me why do we have noses that run and feet that smell or why we park our car on the driveway and drive our car on the parkway . . . Any Answers? Happy Learning!!

Like "Stockholm Syndrome" are there phrases depicting some other cities Stockholm Syndrome: The term takes its name from a bank robbery in Stockholm, Sweden, in August 1973. The robber took four employees of the bank (three women and one man) into the vault with him and kept them hostage for 131 hours. After the employees were finally released, they appeared to have formed a paradoxical emotional bond with their captor; they told reporters that they saw the police as their enemy rather than the bank robber, and that they had positive feelings toward the criminal.

Mr Singaravelu, I am getting a syndrome of getting my GK and IQ busting my head off .... however I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma... So talking of geographical syndromes lets start with the Paris syndrome ...Could Any Other City Produce This Bizarre Affliction? An apparently real disorder, somewhat similar to a panic attack, that has afflicted many tourists while visiting the City of Lights. Most Paris Syndrome sufferers have been Japanese tourists, and the cause of their symptoms, which include "acute delusions, hallucinations, dizziness, sweating, and feelings of persecution," is thought to be linked to extreme disappointment that Paris is not always the magical, romantic wonderland it's so often made out to be in the movies: No offence to my religious brethren but its the Jerusalem syndrome: Delusions, obsessive ideas, psychosis-like phenomena triggered by, or leading to, a visit to the Holy Land. Jerusalem Syndrome often emerges in people who are prone to delusions and, it’s reported, pass within a few weeks of visiting the city. Lima Syndrome AKA this is the antonymn of Stockholm Syndrome, Lima Syndrome deals with the phenomenon of hostage takers becoming sympathetic to the needs and feelings of their victims. Lima syndrome was coined after the Japanese embassy hostage crisis in Lima, that lasted from December 17, 1996 until April 22, 1997. Fourteen members of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement took several hundred diplomats hostage at the official residence of Japan’s ambassador to Peru. Curiously, within a few days of the hostage crisis, the militants had released most of the captives. Last but not the least India Syndrome We could almost say this is the one Liverpool gave to the world… India Syndrome applies to people from the west visiting India to seek enlightenment, or to those with a deep interest in eastern mysticism, and saw a marked spike following the Beatles’ trips to India in 1968, to attend an advanced Transcendental Meditation. Taken to extremes, the condition has resulted in many westerners suffering, going missing, or in some extreme cases, dying – due to ‘extreme’ meditation (such as Tibetan ‘chöd’ which involves meditating next to corpses for up to ten days). India syndrome is not to be confused with Delhi-Belly Syndrome. Although that, too, can result in sufferers going missing for long periods of time. But don't stop going around the world!! Happy Learning

Mr Singaravelu, you have been keeping us busy on English Grammar... Is it that you are testing our gut on English? or is it that your students are really asking you too many questions and you come searching for answers! Just Joking! When it comes to the most versatile part of speech in a sentence, you could say verbs rule. You can make an entire sentence out of one verb. For example, “Stop!” See, that’s a sentence! You can’t make a sentence with any other part of speech. Nouns cannot make a one-word sentence, nor can adjectives, adverbs, or any other part of speech. Wake, brush, drink, eat, wash, stand, sit, comb,wear, pick, read, write, Give, Meet, Greet, Open, Close, Listen, Pick, Drop, Look, Teach, Learn, Sleep, Laugh, Cry, Fight, Hide, Cook, Sing, Pray All of these words show some kind of action. They express something that a person, animal, or object can do. That’s why we call them action verbs. Language has become so inevitable that you need a word to identify an action 'Smile :)' Happy Learning!!

I read this joke some thirty years back. Judge Asked," Who has brought this allegation?" Plaintiff Replied," I am the allegator." There is no word 'allegator', Only alligator is there. Alligator is a reptile and resembles a crocodile. Are there any words,like Homophones, which make a conversation a satire,as shown in the above example? Homophones are words that have a different spelling, different meaning but the same pronunciation.

Now that we have spoken about Homonyms that we can enlighten the difference between Homonyms, Homophones, and Homographs? if you are confused about the differences between homonyms, homophones, and homographs, Homonyms: This is the big category—the umbrella—under which we find homophones and homographs. Homophones are words that sound alike, but have different meanings and spellings. They are the sets of words that you probably learned in elementary school, though your teacher may have used the broader category of homonyms. for e.g. their and there, deer and dear, hear and here But Homographs are words that are spelled the same, but have different meanings and may have different pronunciations. wind and wind I can feel the wind in my hair. Wind up the string before it gets tangled. (Same spelling, different pronunciation.) One way to remember the difference between the terms homophone and homograph is by looking at the derivation of the words: HOMO ("same") + PHONE ("sound") HOMO ("same") + GRAPH ("writing") I wonder how much fun a linguist would be having studing langages. Happy Learning!!

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